Saint Ralph and the Dragon Saint Ralph and the Dragon
Los Angeles; New York City
Mar 22, 2000 / Katha Pollitt and Our Readers
Second Thoughts Second Thoughts
So what was the matter with Kasich? And what was so bad about Dole? And why did we sour on poor Gary Bauer And find naught in Hatch to extol?
Mar 22, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Kosovo Revisited Kosovo Revisited
During my recent visit to Kosovo two strong impressions emerged. The first is that the curse of Serbian oppression has been definitively lifted from the majority-Albanian populat...
Mar 22, 2000 / Richard Falk
Independents’ Day Independents’ Day
The most important day in the history of American independent film was May 8, 1947, which witnessed the opening of a picture so personal--no, so heedlessly self-revelatory--that ...
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Awful Truth The Awful Truth
Special thanks to Alison Mann.
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Manohla Dargis
Boys, Toys and Girl Trouble in 1999’s Top Ten Boys, Toys and Girl Trouble in 1999’s Top Ten
It was, of course, predestined that the top-grossing movie of 1999 would be Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which outstripped its closest competition by nearly $200 mill...
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Ella Taylor
Runaway Shops Runaway Shops
Remember those great scenes in Blues Brothers 2000 that evoked the urban grit and soul of southside Chicago and Joliet? Well, sorry.
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Marc Cooper
Mr. Hoch Goes to Hollywood Mr. Hoch Goes to Hollywood
The film Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop will be released in 2000...we hope.
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Danny Hoch
Inside Indiewood Inside Indiewood
The Nation asked seven prominent members of the independent film community, including several filmmakers who released major films this year, to take the temperature of the movem
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind
American Beauty or American Pie? American Beauty or American Pie?
*Last year, I was the guest editor of The Nation's first issue devoted exclusively to Hollywood and politics.
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind